Railway-rail and joint therefor.



PATENTED DEC. 17, I907. & E. M; CLARK. I D JOINT THEREFOR.

FILED In 13.

- A. H. H0O RAILWAY R APPLIU T I E E I 5 l T B H s 2 0 9 No. 874,073; PATENTED DEG. 17, 1907.

- A. 1100mm B. M. CLARK.

RAILWAY RAIL-AND JOINT THEREFOR;

' APPLICATION IILEQIMY 13, 1907. [SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' Anomusv UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

ALBERT H. HOOVER AND EDGAR M;-.-CLARK, OF MQRRIBELL, WESTVIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL AND JOINT THEREFOR. it

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT H. HOOVER and EDGAR M. CLARK, citizens of the United States, residing at Morri-bell, county of Bandolph, and State of West Virginia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railway-Rails and J oints'Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in railway rails and joints therefor, and has for its object to provide anexceed'ingly simple and effective joint which will absolutely prevent the rails from getting out of line and prevent the rails from spreading, which has heretofore been the cause of a great number of accidents with great loss of life and property, while at the same time providing for the expansion and contraction of .consists in the details of construction and,

the rails.

WVith these ends in view, this invention combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims. I -v- .Inorder that'those skilled in the art to which; this invention a pertains may understand how to make aridhisethe same we will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is. a plan view of a rail and joint I made 1n accordance with- ,our improvement. Fig. 2, a longitudinal section thereof'showlng the manner in whlch the ends of the rails are locked together.

Fi 2 on a smaller scale, the ends of the rails Fig. 3, 'a view similar to being shownse arated. Fig. .4, a section at In c'arryingyout our invention as here em bodied, 'A represents one end of and, while B represents the opposite end of another rail,

or the opposite end 'of the same rail, it being i understoodthateach mail has a diflerent formation upon,opposite'ends. I

The e'nd'A has formedtherein a nal groove 0 in which the lugiD pro 'e cts, while the end B' has a tongue adapted-to fit within-thegroove C, both being beveled, as vclearly shown in Fig.

4', and this tongue also hasa notch F adapted to engage with'the lug D, and thusilimitin the longitudinal movement of the rails independent of each other, but permittingsuflicient movement to compensate forexpansion and contraction of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 13. 1907; Serial No. 373,199-

the heads of "tact with the base flanges of the rails, While lo gitudegage saidv lug,

corresponding notchformed in the opposite rails, as specified. I p

ation with the meeting ends v rails, as will be readil understood. The end A also has formed t erewith a V-shaped nose G adapted to fit within a correspondingly shaped recess formed in the end B, thus further preventin any sidewise displacement of the ends of the rails, and at the same time forming an interlocking tread so Patented Dec; 17,1907.

that when the wheels of a train pass over'the joint the ends of the rails will be depressed in unison so as to prevent the dubbing off of their edges as is usual with the ordinary form of rail, and as is well known is thepoint at which the reatest wear upon the rail takes place, and it often happens that the endsof the rails become so mashed and Worn as to require the removal of the whole rail long before the remainder thereof is materially worn.

I represents our improved chair, which consists of a base plate upon which thebase of the rails rest, and having formed there with the flanges I, which overlap the edges of the base of the rails, and these flanges have cut therein the slotsjl and 1 in which the spikes are placed, when being driven home, and the slots I are such as to permit the spikes to be driven in cona railway track to get out of line or for the v rails to spread without carrying with them the chair, thus avoiding the cause for many disastrous accidents. t

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new and useful, is-

1. 'A rail joint consisting-of the meetin ends oftwo rails, one of which has forme therein 1 a groove, a lug formed in said groove, atongue-upon the end of the oppo-l site rail adapted to fit within said groove, a notch formed in said tongue adapted to en-: a nose G adapted to fit in a rail and a chair having overhan ng flanges for engaging the flanges of the ase of the 2. In combin of two rails, one of which is provided with a tongue adapted to fit in a groove formed in affixed our signatures in the presence of two the opposite rail, a chair consisting of a base subscribing Witnesses.

plate upon which the ends of the rails are ALBERT H. HOOVER. seated and overhanging flanges for engaging EDGAR M. CLARK.

5 the base flanges of the railsiat their point of Witnesses:

juncture, as specified. WM. M. FLINT,

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto DELPHIA FLINT. 

